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The Bogey of Genetic Determination
by Doris Grant
Today, since the advent of 'spectacular genetics' in modern medicine, very many diseases are being blamed on heredity. As a result, there is now a dangerous and widely held belief that genes inherited from our parents can be responsible for an increasing number of conditions, cancers in particular, and that nothing can be done about them – apart from highly questionable genetic engineering.
The Importance of the Liver
by June Butlin
The liver is the largest gland in the body and weighs on average 3lbs. Its most important role is to detoxify foreign substances such as metabolic waste products, drugs, pesticides, hormones, caffeine and histamine.
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